"That's right. The Godly Genius seems to have no interest in cultivation. Instead, he treats all those inferior people every day. He doesn't take the cultivation of the divine power seriously at all."
"That is exactly my point! This is just too much, and I can't bear to see it."
"Before, I already have a lot of doubts when he was chosen as the Godly Genius. But from what we can see, he is just proving that we are correct. He is not interested in cultivating, and obviously, it will not be a good thing for the Ghost Fief. The Godly Genius is supposed to be the one that will assist the leader in the future. How can he shoulder that responsibility if he does not take any initiative to improve?"
At this point, the other elders and officials started conversing among themselves, expressing that they were extremely dissatisfied with Rocky.
"Everyone, just calm down. I already made an agreement with the Godly Genius. If he can surpass the other Godly Geniuses within a month, then he can do anything he wants in the future without my interference. However, if he can't, then I will personally arrange his cultivation schedule," Gilbert explained.
"Leader, with all due respect, I don't think that is possible! As far as I know, there is a Godly Genius who has already cultivated his pillar of divine power to at least five inches. I am sure that a month later, it will be about a foot long. On the other hand, our Godly Genius hasn't even cultivated an inch yet. How will he be able to make up for such a huge gap?" one of the elders immediately complained.
"I agree. This agreement is too risky. We don't need to wait for a month. I hope you can correct him as soon as possible and instruct the Godly Genius to cultivate on the right path."
"Well, I have already made the agreement, so I can't just take it back. Anyway, give him a month. Cultivation isn't something that could be rushed. Even a month won't really make that much of a difference," Gilbert remarked. Rocky was chosen to be the Godly Genius, so there were things that could not be forced on him.
Hearing this, the elders and officials could just sigh and shake their heads. After all, even if they did not agree, there was no way for them to change the leader's decision.
"By the way, how about the alliance with the other fiefs?" Out of nowhere, an elder brought up the topic.
"Yeah, I was about to talk about it. Thanks for reminding me. Yesterday, I just received a secret letter from the leader of the Flower Fief, Flora Hua. She said that she is willing to ally with us," Gilbert said with a serious expression.
Upon hearing the news, the elders and officials present were lost in thought.
Flora was known to be the most beautiful woman in the entire Shura Race. In fact, countless men had fallen for her, and even now, her charm did not fade a little.
"Well, isn't that a good thing for us? Although the power of the Flower Fief is not as strong as that of the Ghost Fief, Flora is very influential to the royal family and they rely upon her most of the time. Hence, if our two fiefs unite, it will become advantageous for us."
"I also think so. If she wants to ally with us, it just means that she also values the strength of the Ghost Capital."
"Moreover, the Flower Fief is our neighbor. Making an alliance with them will surely benefit us a lot!"
From the comments of the elders and officials, it seemed that they did not have any complaints about the alliance with the Flower Fief.
"However, Flora has a condition if we are making the alliance official. We have to agree with it first before anything will be done," Gilbert said as the look on his face became more serious.
"Condition? What is it?"
"This time, the chosen Godly Genius of the Flower Fief is the adopted daughter of the leader, Valeria Hua. Of course, Flora treats her as her own daughter and favors her very much. As for the condition, she intends to marry her adopted daughter to our Godly Genius. This way, the alliance between us will become tighter," Gilbert responded.
"Isn't that great? Flora is being generous! I've heard that Valeria is now the most beautiful woman in the Flower Fief. In fact, they say that her beauty put the flowers to shame and even outshines the moon. If Flora is insisting on this gesture, then she really is sincere in allying with us!" The elders and officials were actually pleased when they heard the condition. After all, they thought that Flora would be requesting something grand from them.
"I understand what you are trying to say, but you should look at the bigger picture. I am worried that Valeria is also good at flirtation, just like Flora herself. If our Godly Genius is bewitched by her, there is a possibility that he will betray us and work for Flora in the end," Gilbert said, stating his own worries.
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